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most citedAb initio approach to the elastic, electronic, and optical properties of MoTe2: A topological Weyl semimetal

71 citations · 139 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Adsorption of Phosgene Gas on Pristine and Noble Metal-Doped B12N12 Nanocages: Insights from Density Functional Theory

Shahariar Chowdhury, Mohammad Abdul Matin, Samiran Bhattacharjee +1

This study examines phosgene (COCl2) adsorption on pristine and noble metal-doped (Ag, Au, Pd, Pt) B12N12 nanocages using dispersion-corrected density functional theory [B3LYP-D3(B…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

First-principles investigation of structural, mechanical, vibrational, thermal, electronic and optical properties of Na3Bi: a topological Dirac semimetal

Maisha Fahmida, Syed Shovon Mahbub Mahin, Suptajoy Barua +1

Exploring the properties of topological materials has remained an active area of research in condensed matter physics for the past few decades. Here, we present a first-principles…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

DFT based insights into elastic, thermophysical, electronic and optical properties of topological insulators XTe5 (X = Zr, Hf)

Syed Shovon Mahbub Mahin, Suptajoy Barua, B. Rahman Rano +2

Transition metal penta-tellurides, ZrTe5 and HfTe5 have been recently drawn a lot of attention due to their fascinating physical properties and for being prominent materials showin…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

A detailed first-principles study of the structural, elastic, thermomechanical and optoelectronic properties of binary rare-earth tritelluride NdTe3

Tanbin Chowdhury, B. Rahman Rano, Ishtiaque M. Syed +1

Rare-earth tritellurides (RTe3) are popular for their charge density wave (CDW) phase, magnetotransport properties and pressure induced superconducting state among other features.…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

A comparative study of the physical properties of layered transition metal nitride halides MNCl (M = Zr, Hf): DFT based insights

Shaher Azad, B. Rahman Rano, Ishtiaque M. Syed +1

ZrNCl and HfNCl belong to a class of layered transition metal nitride halides MNCl (M= Zr,H). They are from the space group R-3m (No-166) and crystallize in the rhombohedral struct…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

An ab initio approach to understand the structural, thermophysical, electronic, and optical properties of binary silicide SrSi2: A double Weyl semimetal

Suptajoy Barua, B. Rahman Rano, Ishtiaque M. Syed +1

A large number of hitherto unexplored elastic, thermophysical, acoustic, and optoelectronic properties of a double Weyl semimetal SrSi2 have been investigated in this study. Densit…

cond-mat.supr-con2021

First-principles prediction of pressure dependent mechanical, electronic, optical, and superconducting state properties of NaC6: A potential high-Tc superconductor

Nazmun Sadat Khan, B. Rahman Rano, Ishtiaque M. Syed +2

Very recently carbon-rich NaC6 with sodalite-like structure has been predicted to show superconducting transition temperature above 100 K at relatively low applied (compared to hig…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 68 cited

Elastic, electronic, bonding, and optical properties of WTe2 Weyl semimetal: A comparative investigation with MoTe2 from first principles

B. Rahman Rano, Ishtiaque M. Syed, S. H. Naqib

Td-WTe2 is a topological Weyl semimetal. WTe2 in the orthorhombic structure is stable at room temperature. Elastic, electronic, bonding, and optoelectronic properties of WTe2 have…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 71 cited

Ab initio approach to the elastic, electronic, and optical properties of MoTe2: A topological Weyl semimetal

B. Rahman Rano, Ishtiaque M. Syed, S. H. Naqib

The topological Weyl semimetal MoTe2, in the orthorhombic phase, is an important system both from the point of view of fundamental physics and potential applications. In this study…